Passenger, caught 23/9/2006 (National moth night).

Mothing at St Margaret's

Most of the Moth lists and Photographs are from my garden (TR359450) in the village of St Margaret's at Cliffe in Kent. It is situated about 1Km from the sea and has farmland with in 100 metres. The garden is well shrubbed and about 1600 sq metres. I normally run a 125 MV lamp and a 15W actinic light over-night and once the season gets going a couple of other traps. At the moment both are 25W black Lamps. previously I used a 160W blended lamp in one of them. All traps are home made. Trapping dates refer to the date the trap was put out.

Trap Update in 2017. A new 125W MV Robinson was added to a 125W MV Skinner, 15W Actinic Skinner, two 80W MV Morris modified Skinners and a 80W MVMorris Box trap.
Traps are now (2020 onwards) 2x 125W Robinsons, 2x 80W Skinner type and 1x 15W Actinic strip light on a Skinner type .

I try and identify all the Macro Moths, with the micros I am not at all systematic, I do more than I used to with the help of the new book, but there are some that do get through.


Friday, 2 October 2026

Species List for 01/10/2026

  Four traps, a 125W Robinson in the Back Garden, a 125W MV Robinson in the Pond Garden, a 15W Actinic in the Front Garden, and a 80W MV Skinner in the Greenhouse Garden.  THe wing was about 8-12 mph from the W and the temperature dropped to 13 deg C by dawn. There were 248 moths of 37 species. THere were 12 Scarce Borders Straws bringing the total to 98 for the year, already, with  three of the usual main weeks to come. 

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals


28.02

Tachystola acroxantha


3


35.12

Scrobipalpa ocellatella

Beet Moth

1


49.04

Epiphyas postvittana

Light Brown Apple Moth

8


49.08

Acleris variegana

Garden Rose Tortrix

1


49.26

Crocidosema plebejana


1


62.08

Hypsopygia glaucinalis


1


63.03

Udea ferrugalis

Rusty-dot Pearl

7


63.05

Palpita vitrealis


1


63.05

Nomophila noctuella

Rush Veneer

3


63.07

Eudonia angustea


3


70.04

Rhodometra sacraria

Vestal

1


70.05

Xanthorhoe fluctuata

Garden Carpet

2


70.1

Dysstroma truncata

Common Marbled Carpet

2


70.24

Ennomos erosaria

September Thorn

1


72.01

Euproctis similis

Yellow-tail

1


72.02

Spilosoma lutea

Buff Ermine

1


72.06

Pechipogo plumigeralis

Plumed Fan-foot

1


73.02

Autographa gamma

Silver Y

5


73.08

Helicoverpa armigera

Scarce Bordered Straw

12


73.09

Spodoptera exigua

Small Mottled Willow

51


73.09

Caradrina kadenii

Clancy's Rustic

3


73.1

Hoplodrina ambigua

Vine's Rustic

2


73.11

Phlogophora meticulosa

Angle Shades

1


73.13

Rhizedra lutosa

Large Wainscot

2


73.18

Tiliacea aurago

Barred Sallow

1


73.19

Agrochola lychnidis

Beaded Chestnut

17


73.19

Anchoscelis lunosa

Lunar Underwing

33


73.23

Aporophyla nigra

Black Rustic

4


73.24

Polymixis lichenea

Feathered Ranunculus

6


73.3

Mythimna vitellina

Delicate

4


73.31

Peridroma saucia

Pearly Underwing

1


73.32

Agrotis segetum

Turnip Moth

10


73.33

Agrotis puta

Shuttle-shaped Dart

7


73.34

Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing

41


73.35

Noctua comes

Lesser Yellow Underwing

3


73.36

Xestia xanthographa

Square-spot Rustic

6


73.36

Xestia c-nigrum

Setaceous Hebrew Character

1



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